Politics

Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:22 UTC
Dealing with Argentina “one of the most painful problems” admits President Mujica

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica confessed that dealing with neighbouring Argentina is “one of the most painful problems” faced by his administration given the weight of the Argentine economy.
Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:18 UTC
Cristina Fernandez calls for regional litigation mechanisms and blasts international bodies as ‘predators’

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez criticized international organizations which she described as ‘predators’ and called for the region to create its own mechanisms to settle litigations among South American countries.
Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:15 UTC
Correa defends close links with Iran and downplays the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires

Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa triggered a serious controversy in Argentina when he defended close links with Iran and downplayed Teheran’s alleged role in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish institution in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and left hundreds injured.
Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:08 UTC
Human rights commission demands urgent investigation into killing of Paraguayan peasant leader

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder in Paraguay of human rights defender Vidal Vega, leader of the Campesinos sin Tierra movement (Landless Campesinos) and president of the Committee of Relatives of Victims of the Curuguaty Massacre and urges the State of Paraguay to investigate and clear up these crimes, and punish those who perpetrated and masterminded them.
Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 00:07 UTC
US court rules in favour of Argentina: denies security deposit requested by hedge funds

US appeals court refused to order Argentina to post a security deposit of at least 250 million dollars while it seeks to overturn a lower court ruling that orders it to pay holdout investors 1.33 billion.
Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 20:36 UTC
Gibraltar’s Picardo meets UK minister to discuss controversial Spanish legislation

Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo held a meeting on Monday with UK Minister for Europe David Lidington in which they discussed their concerns over Spain’s purporting to pass legislation banning land reclamation and the offshore storage of fuel in Gibraltar waters.
Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 19:31 UTC
Falklands’ lawmakers at BOT meeting with UK ministers in London

The Joint Ministerial Council met for the first time on Tuesday bringing together political leaders from the Overseas Territories and UK Ministers to work together on several issues including strengthening economies and the environment.The Falklands government is represented by members of the Legislative Assembly Jan Cheek and Sharon Halford.
Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 19:26 UTC
Bill to end British throne discrimination against women and Roman Catholics

All Commonwealth realms have agreed to press ahead with a bill ending discrimination against women in the succession to the British throne. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the government would now introduce the Succession to the Crown Bill in the House of Commons as soon as possible.It means the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will become monarch, whether a boy or a girl.
Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 18:42 UTC
Spain’s jobless almost 5 million and no prospects of a rebound in near future

Spain's jobless grew to a new record in November, official data showed Tuesday. The number of people registered as unemployed grew by 74.296 or 1.5% to 4.91 million in November from the previous month, the Labour Ministry said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 18:34 UTC
OAS envoy open support for Paraguayan president Franco and electoral process

The head of the Organization of Americas States, OAS electoral observers’ mission said that Federico Franco was the legitimate democratic president of Paraguay committed to holding transparent elections next April, elections which nobody in the world questions.